Good morning I am a new member I have been given a 1974 KTM penton 400. It had no spark and had been put together with some wrong parts. After talking with some very knowledgeable people I have it back together with a used stator. My question is how do I time this monster.
Which ignition does it have?
Hello it has the Motoplat electrónico stator assy which is adjustable along with the base it mounts to which is adjustable any help would be great thank you
Jerome,
Welcome to the group ! If you use the search function on this site and enter the word "timing" you'll find there are quite a few threads which discuss how to set the timing on the Motoplat ignition. Good luck !
Dave McC
It says 2.5mm BTDC. I've never built a 400 but on the smaller ones I've done I generally end up retarding the timing a bit. Seems to help with low rpm response. As they say in the commercials " your actual results may vary". If you have the external rotor version there is a small hole in the flywheel that will line up with another one in the stator. Use a long pin to slide through both to move the stator to the desired timing. Internal rotor version just has two marks to line up.